说白了
shuō bái le
Pinyin

Definition

说白了
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shuō bái le
  1. to speak frankly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

了
le
  1. 1 (completed action marker)
  2. 2 (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. 3 (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
了解
liǎo jiě
  1. 1 to understand
  2. 2 to realize
  3. 3 to find out
明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
为了
wèi le
  1. 1 in order to
  2. 2 for the purpose of
  3. 3 so as to
白
Bái
  1. 1 surname Bai
白天
bái tiān
  1. 1 daytime
  2. 2 during the day
  3. 3 day
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
白羊座
Bái yáng zuò
  1. 1 Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
白色
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist
表白
biǎo bái
  1. 1 to explain oneself
  2. 2 to express
  3. 3 to reveal one's thoughts or feelings
  4. 4 declaration
  5. 5 confession
除了
chú le
  1. 1 besides
  2. 2 apart from (... also...)
  3. 3 in addition to
  4. 4 except (for)
一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一穷二白
yī qióng èr bái
  1. 1 impoverished
  2. 2 backward both economically and culturally
下不了台
xià bu liǎo tái
  1. 1 to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully
  2. 2 to be put on the spot
  3. 3 to be embarrassed
不了了之
bù liǎo liǎo zhī
  1. 1 to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled
  2. 2 to end up with nothing definite
不在了
bù zài le
  1. 1 to be dead
  2. 2 to have passed away
不得了
bù dé liǎo
  1. 1 desperately serious
  2. 2 disastrous
  3. 3 extremely
  4. 4 exceedingly
不明不白
bù míng bù bái
  1. 1 obscure
  2. 2 dubious
  3. 3 shady
不行了
bù xíng le
  1. 1 (coll.) on the point of death
  2. 2 dying
不见了
bù jiàn le
  1. 1 to have disappeared
  2. 2 to be missing
  3. 3 nowhere to be found

Idioms (20)

一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
  1. 1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
  2. 2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
了无生趣
liǎo wú shēng qù
  1. 1 to lose all interest in life (idiom)
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
前缘未了
qián yuán wèi liǎo
  1. 1 one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)
吃不了兜着走
chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu
  1. 1 lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you'll have to take the consequences
唱白脸
chàng bái liǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of the villain (idiom)
大事化小，小事化了
dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo
  1. 1 to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
大水冲了龙王庙
dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng Wáng miào
  1. 1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
  3. 3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
好了伤疤忘了疼
hǎo le shāng bā wàng le téng
  1. 1 to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
好心倒做了驴肝肺
hǎo xīn dào zuò le lu:2 gān fēi
  1. 1 lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent
心急吃不了热豆腐
xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu
  1. 1 hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)
  2. 2 one just has to be patient
  3. 3 haste will ruin everything

Sample Sentences

G决不会说自己其实在给孩子挣奶粉钱，君子爱财取之有道，不怕有欲望，只怕欲望太low，说白了，这个欲望，必须高大上到跟生计、跟劳碌、跟一地鸡毛的现实生活没关系
G jué bù huì shuō zìjǐ qíshí zài gěi háizi zhēng nǎifěn qián ，jūnzǐ ài cái ，bùpà yǒu yùwàng ，zhǐpà yùwàng tài low ，shuōbáile ，zhège yùwàng ，bìxū gāodà shàng dào gēn shēngjì 、gēn láolù 、gēn yī de jīmáo de xiànshí shēnghuó méiguānxi
G will never say that he is actually earning money to buy milk for his children. A gentleman can love money and earn it morally. One should not fear having desires, but one should only be afraid of having desires that are vulgar. Frankly, this desire should be lofty with no relationship to livelihood, labor, and daily trivialities.
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老爸，你又要开始领导式发言了。要真那么强大，我还用得着每天苦哈哈地练英文吗？说白了，这就是一档娱乐性节目，什么推广汉语，弘扬中国文化，这都是节目的噱头，赚收视率呢。
lǎobà ，nǐ yòu yào kāishǐ lǐngdǎoshì fāyán le 。yào zhēn nàme qiángdà ，wǒ hái yòngdezháo měitiān kǔhāhā de liàn Yīngwén ma ？shuō bái le ，zhè jiùshì yī dàng yúlèxìng jiémù ，shénme tuīguǎng Hànyǔ ，hóngyáng zhōngguówénhuà ，zhè dōu shì jiémù de xuétóu ，zhuàn shōushì lǜ ne 。
Again with the leadership speeches, dad. If we're so powerful, is it still necessary for me to practice English every day? To put it plainly, this show is for entertainment. These popularization of the Chinese language and enhancement of Chinese culture are all gimmicks meant to boost ratings.
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你这样做，说白了就是想绕过广东的海关口岸，把鸡翅走私进内地呗！别怪哥们儿没提醒你，现在平均一个月有好几十起查缴非法走私禽肉的案子。上回一个人把鸡翅用铁板封在集装箱夹层里，也没逃过边防警犬的鼻子。
nǐ zhèyàng zuò ，shuō bái le jiùshì xiǎng rǎoguò Guǎngdōng de hǎiguān kǒuàn ，bǎ jīchì zǒusī jìn nèidì bēi ！bié guài gēmenr méi tíxǐng nǐ ，xiànzài píngjūn yī ge yuè yǒu hǎojǐshí qǐ chájiǎo fēifǎ zǒusī qínròu de ànzi 。shànghuí yī ge rén bǎ jīchì yòng tiěbǎn fēng zài jízhuāngxiāng jiācéng lǐ ，yě méi táoguò biānfáng jǐngquǎn de bízi 。
Frankly, the way you're doing it, you really just want to get around Guangdong customs, and smuggle the chicken wings into the mainland! Can't blame your buddies for not reminding you, but lately, every month there's an average of a few dozen cases of people getting caught for smuggling poultry products. There was just a guy who tried to smuggle chicken wings in a false bottom in a shipping container. In the end, he couldn't get past the border police dogs' noses!
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